LOCAL

A Valley man will learn his punishment today after being convicted Thursday of killing his girlfriend’s 11-month-old son. A Hidalgo County jury deliberated less than two hours before finding Johnny Anthony Palomo guilty of all three counts — capital murder, murder, and injury to a child. The verdict came after a 4-day trial in which […]

NATIONAL

(AP) – Prosecutors in South Carolina say they plan to play Dylann Roof’s recorded confession during his federal death penalty trial in the Charleston church shootings. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jay Richardson says he plans to play the confession for jurors Friday as the trial enters a third day. Roof is on trial on 33 federal […]

WORLD

(AP) – Egypt’s state-run news agency says an explosion in Cairo has killed six police and wounded another three. MENA says the explosion took place early Friday on Pyramids road, the main avenue leading from the city center out to the Giza pyramids. It says the blast targeted security forces, without elaborating on what caused […]